Crushed Pompeii Skeleton

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CNN@CNN 2h Archaeologists working at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, uncovered the remains of a 30-year-old man who appears to have survived the initial eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., only to be killed when he was struck by a large slab of stone cnn.it/2GZKWvX CNN

James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki Follow Wile E. Coyote's great-great-great-great- great-great-great-grandfather. CNN@CNN Archaeologists working at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, uncovered the remains of a 30-year-old man who appears to have survived the initial eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., only to be killed when he was struck by a large slab of stone cnn.it/2GZKWvX 3:54 PM-29 May 2018

jomny sun @jonnysun Follow honestly this was all i could see so i drew it Archaeologists working at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, uncovered the remains of a 30-year-old man who appears to have survived the initial eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D, only to be killed when he was struck by a large slab of stone cnn.it/2GZKWX 6:01 PM- 29 May 2018

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Crushed Pompeii Skeleton refers to an uncovered skeleton from an archaeological dig in Pompeii, the site where Mt. Vesuvius famously erupted in 79 A.D. and froze much of the town in volcanic rock. The skeleton appears to have escaped the initial eruption but died after being crushed with a falling rock. The unfortunate circumstances surrounding the skeleton's death led to jokes on social media.

Origin

On May 29th, 2018, Facebook page Pompeii – Parco Archeologico^[1] posted the photo of the crushed skeleton (shown below). CNN^[2] reported on the finding that day.

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After the discovery, CNN tweeted their article,^[3] causing Twitter users to joke about the death as comically bad luck. Twitter user @jpbrammer compared the situation to a Looney Tunes Wile E. Coyote sketch, gaining over 280 retweets and 1,800 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @willmenaker joked that the skeleton was the origin of Da Share Zone, a popular Weird Twitter account that shares primarily WordArt Image Macros and presents itself as a skeleton (shown below, right).

JuanPa Follow @jpbrammer what kind of Wile E. Coyote ACME s--- is this image Imao CNN Ф @CNN Archaeologists working at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, uncovered the remains of a 30-year-old man who appears to have survived the initial eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., only to be killed when he was struck by a large slab of stone cnn.it/2GZKWvX :06 PM-29 May 2018

WillMenaker @willmenaker Following da share zOne admin: origins CNN Φ @CNN Archaeologists working at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, uncovered the remains of a 30-year-old man who appears to have survived the initial eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., only to be killed when he was struck by a large slab of stone cnn.it/2GZKWvX 3:37 PM - 29 May 2018

Some Twitter users turned the image into an object labeling meme. For example, user @darth posted a joke that gained over 1,400 retweets and 6,000 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @Glinner posted a joke referencing the Roseanne Cancellation that had taken place that day, gaining over 160 retweets and 1,200 likes (shown below, right). Jokes were covered by The Daily Dot^[4] and IFLScience.^[5]